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‘Exceptional’ piece, valued at up to €800,000, had been hanging behind door after being in family since 1900A rare painting by the 17th-century artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger, described as “exceptional” and one of his largest known works, will be s…
Artwork depicting female figures – some never before represented at the gallery – inspired by Sgt Pepper’s album coverA seven-panel mural depicting 130 women from British history and culture has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery as par…
Uruguayan-born Viñoly’s sometimes controversial work included more than 600 structures around worldRafael Viñoly, the Uruguayan-born and New York-based architect known for designing landmark buildings around the world, has died aged 78.Viñoly’s death o…
London sale comes after owners’ descendants, one of whom was murdered at Auschwitz, reunited with work found in Dutch museumA Wassily Kandinsky masterpiece that had been stolen by the Nazis, who killed its owner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1…
Ex-PM criticises sensitivity edit of author’s works – and also rejects sending Parthenon marbles to GreeceBoris Johnson has criticised a publisher’s rewriting of some language in Roald Dahl’s stories by reciting a song by the Oompa-Loompas.The former p…
Benefactor’s offer allays fears sale of building could strip Birkenhead flat of works built up over 30 yearsAn extraordinary palace of outsider art secretly created in a ground-floor flat in Birkenhead has been saved after a last-minute cash loan offer…
Birkenhead outsider art flat is up for auction but campaigners set hopes on rich benefactor or institutionCampaigners say the clock is ticking to prevent an extraordinary palace of outsider art created in a ground floor flat in Birkenhead from being lo…
The designer of the glasshouses at Kew Gardens fell out of favour – but supporters of a new museum hope to change all thatOne major name is missing from the line-up of great British architects that students learn have shaped the way that Britain looks….
Concrete multistorey threatened with demolition but C20 launches campaign to keep ‘innovative’ buildingThe NCP Rupert Street car park in Bristol has a one-star rating on Parkopedia, its stairwells stink of urine and a four-hour stay costs £15.80.But C2…
Image of man battling serpents is confirmed as preparation for renaissance artist’s masterpieceA 16th-century drawing of a nude man, seen from behind, has been identified as a study by Michelangelo for his monumental masterpiece, the ceiling fresco of …